A Number of Hurt as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Flight Landing at Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines aircraft originating in LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official told. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed five patients, and transported three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised pain in the back and migraines. Those affected spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the newest example of commercial jets experiencing severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a key driver.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more frequent - and more severe.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. An individual died and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a overall number of more than 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a plane passing through rough air masses exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.